Pacman are carnivores with a fierce appetite and will eat almost anything that comes within a small radius of their mouths. Keep high humidity of 60%-80%, this can be accomplished with daily misting, damp moss and moist substrate. Amphibians absorb water through their skin, always use RO water or conditioner to ensure no chlorine is present. Do not use a heat pad!! Pacman frogs like to bury deep down and can easily get burned by a heat pad. For thriving live plants, Pisces recommends: Exo Terra Natural Light Daylight Bulb in addition to the heat source. Live plants do very well in a pacman enclosure, due to the deep soil and high humidity. use an appropriate heat bulb on one side of the tank so your frog can escape the heat if desired. Maintain a temperature as low as 18 C (65 F) at night to as high as 29 C (85 F) during the day. Do not house more than a single pacman in one tank, they are very aggressive and eat anything in their path, including other pacman frogs! Heat, Lighting & Humidity Provide a dish large enough for your frog to soak in, but only half full (below face height) as pacman frogs are poor swimmers and can drown. Pisces recommends Exo Terra 3-Pack Plantation Soil mixed with sphagnum moss to help with humidity, enough for the frog to borrow under. Pacman frogs LOVE to burrow, and will spend days, weeks and sometimes months engulfed in soil. These guys are not much for climbing, so tank height is not a priority. A 10-20 gallon low glass terrarium with screen top is adequate. Now, unlike the retro video game Pac-Man, these frogs are very inactive and do not move around much. There are various color morphs, including albino, apricot & strawberry. An adult male pacman will be more vocal, larger and develop brown nuptial pads on the outside of their thumbs. Depending on the species and sex of your pacman frog, you can expect an adult size to be between 4"-7" in length. Their large round bodies come equipped with a humorously large stomach and mouth, that can envelope almost any food that crosses its path! Pacman have been known to live for up to 10-15 years in captivity. It is not hard to imagine why this frog has been dubbed "Pacman frog". So what makes these guys such a loved household amphibian? About the Pacman Frog Pacman frogs have found their way from the jungle into a commonly captive bred frog in the pet trade today. These funny fat frogs are found in the marshy jungles of South America, spanning from Ecuador to Argentina and Brazil. Ceratophrys (the Pacman frog) is a genus of frog from the family Ceratophryidae, known for their relatively easy care.
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